MOTORISTS are to get the chance to have their say about how to solve the gridlock on the M60.

A travelling roadshow will allow the public to vote on ways to relieve congestion between junctions 18 and 12.

Visitors will be invited to pick the five best options. They include putting freight on the railways, widening the M60, increasing the cost of driving, investing in rail and Metro links, improving bus and coach travel and investing in interchanges.

But motorists will not be given the choice of new highway construction. ''By the vote we are trying to find out what people's priorities are,'' said study manager Mike Hayward, of the government office for the north west.